Ordinary (Every Little Thing album)

Ordinary
Ordinary
Studio album by Every Little Thing
Released	September 21, 2011
Recorded	2011
Genre	J-pop; synthpop;
Length	58:38
Label	Avex Trax
Producer	Masato Matsuura (exec.);
Every Little Thing chronology
Singles from Ordinary
	"Star"; Released: February 23, 2011; "Moon"; Released: February 23, 2011; "Sora/Koe"; Released: July 13, 2011; "Ai ga Aru"; Released: August 24, 2011;

Ordinary is the tenth studio album by Japanese music duo Every Little Thing. It was released on September 21, 2011, by Avex Trax.^[1]

Background

To celebrate the 15th anniversary of the band in the music industry, the album was released in three formats: CD, DVD+DVD and a special CD+DVD edition.^[2]

The album includes the single "Sora/Koe", which was used as theme songs for the 2011 Pokémon movie: Black—Victini and Reshiram/White—Victini and Zekrom. The last single from the album, entitled "Ai ga Aru", was used as theme song for TV drama Full Throttle Girl (Zenkai Girl). Also, for promotional purposes the songs "Tomorrow", "Ordinary" and "Begin" were used in adverts for H.I.S., Kracie and The Japan Jewellery Association, respectively.^[3]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Kaori Mochida

CD
No.	Title	Music	Arranger(s)	Length
1.	"Ai ga Aru" (アイガアル)	Hikari	Hikari^[a]	4:03
2.	"Tomorrow"	Hikari	Hikari^[a]	4:08
3.	"Sora" (宙 -そら-)	Kazuhito Kikuchi	Masafumi Nakao^[a]	5:14
4.	"Kūhaku" (空白)	Shinjiro Inoue	Shinjiro Inoue^[a]	5:53
5.	"Moon"	Daisuke Suzuki	Yuta Nakano^[a]	4:24
6.	"Wonder Love"	Hirofumi Hibino	Masafumi Hayashi^[a]	4:05
7.	"Star"	Hikari	Hikari^[a]	4:57
8.	"Asian Beauty" (Instrumental)	Ichiro Ito	Masafumi Nakao^[b]	1:47
9.	"Koe" (響 -こえ-)	Kazuhito Kikuchi	Tomoji Sogawa^[a]	4:44
10.	"Arigatō wa Sono Tame ni Aru" (ありがとうはそのためにある)	Takuya Watanabe	Akira Murata^[a]	4:16
11.	"Ordinary"	Kazuhito Kikuchi	Masafumi Nakao^[a]	5:14
12.	"Pray For East" (Instrumental)	Ichiro Ito	Masafumi Nakao^[b]	2:38
13.	"Begin"	Yasuo Sano	Masafumi Nakao^[a]	6:38

DVD (standard edition)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Star" (Music video)
2.	"Moon" (Music video)
3.	"Sora" (Music video - Original version)
4.	"Ai ga Aru" (Music video - Album version)
5.	"Sora" (Offshoot)
6.	"Ai ga Aru" (Offshoot)
7.	"Begin" (Offshoot)

DVD (15th Anniversary Special Edition)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Star" (Music video)
2.	"Moon" (Music video)
3.	"Sora" (Music video - Original version)
4.	"Ai ga Aru" (Music video - Album version)
5.	"15th Anniversary Special History Movie"

Notes

^{^a} co-arranged by Every Little Thing
^{^b} co-arranged by Ichiro Ito

Charts

Release	Chart	Peak position	Sales total
September 21, 2011	Oricon Weekly Albums Chart	2	37,580 copies sold

References

^ "ORDINARY【DVD付】: 音楽". Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
^ "ELT、待望の10th Album発売決定！収録曲＆商品情報発表！". Every Little Thing official web site. 11 August 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
^ "Every Little Thing、やさしい気持ちになれる10枚目のアルバム『ORDINARY』". Barks. 21 September 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2014.

[1] "ORDINARY【DVD付】: 音楽". Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 28 January 2014.

[2] "ELT、待望の10th Album発売決定！収録曲＆商品情報発表！". Every Little Thing official web site. 11 August 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2014.

[3] "Every Little Thing、やさしい気持ちになれる10枚目のアルバム『ORDINARY』". Barks. 21 September 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2014.

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